Twenty-Third International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities
- Oceanic Journeys: Multicultural Approaches in the Humanities
- 25-27 June 2025
- University of Hawaii, Hilo, USA + Online
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Associate Professor, University of Hawaii, Hilo, USA
Assistant Professor of Education, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo
Associate Professor of English, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo
Uluākea Facilitator and Lecturer, Kīpuka Native Hawaiian Student Center, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo
Associate Professor of English, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo
Instructor of Biology, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo
Director of Kīpuka Native Hawaiian Student Center, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo
Associate Professor of English, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo
Associate Professor of Communication, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo
Professor of English, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo
Associate Professor of Communication, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo
Lecturer of English, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo
The Twenty-Third International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities featured plenary sessions by some of the world’s leading thinkers and innovators in the field.
Professor Emeritus, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo, USA
"Ola Hou: Living History – Weaving Our Stories, Language, and Culture in Performance"
Assistant Professor of Education, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo, USA
"Navigating Currents of Change: Educators as Cultural Stewards and Storytellers"
Director of Indigenous Education, University of Hawai‘i -West Oahu, USA
"Indigenous Epistemology: A Radical (K)new World for Humanity"
Professor, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo, USA
"El liderazgo de la astrofísica en la diversificación de las ciencias STEM" (in Spanish)
For each conference, a small number of Emerging Scholar Awards are given to outstanding graduate students and emerging scholars who have an active research interest in the conference themes. Emerging Scholars perform a critical role in the conference by chairing the parallel sessions, providing technical assistance in the sessions, and presenting their own research papers. The 2025 Emerging Scholar Award Recipients are as follows:
Stanford University, USA
(In-Person)
University of Hawaiʻi - Hilo, USA
(In-Person)
University of Hawai'i at Manoa, USA
(In-Person)
University of Hawaiʻi - Hilo, USA
(In-Person)
Communication University of China, China
(In-Person)
University of Utah, USA
(In-Person)
University of Hawaiʻi - Hilo, USA
(In-Person)
University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, USA
(In-Person)
Scripps College, USA
(In-Person)
Keio University, Japan
(In-Person)
University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, USA
(In-Person)
University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, USA
(In-Person)
University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, USA
(In-Person)
Sorbonne University, France
(Online Only)
Author, Independent Researcher, USA
(Online Only)
AGH University of Krakow, Poland
(Online Only)
University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
(Online Only)
Rochester Institute of Technology, Turkey
(Online Only)
Punjab University College of Information Technology, Pakistan
(Online Only)
Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
(Online Only)
Drexel University, USA
(Online Only)
St. George's College Aruvithura, Mahatma Gandhi University, India
(Online Only)
Indiana University, USA
(Online Only)
University of California, USA
(Online Only)
Hilo, USA
